Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor and Lecturer
Helen Slatyer
Contact via iLearn Dialogue
12SW505
By appointment
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Credit points |
Credit points
4
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to MCONFINTE or MTransInter or MTransInterMIntRel or MTransInterMAppLingTESOL or MAdvTransInterStud and GradDipTransInter or GradCertCommInter or MAccComm
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit introduces students to the disciplines of translation and interpreting. The unit provides an overview of the chronological evolution of theories and their application to translation and interpreting practice. Theories relevant to translation practice including linguistic theories such as equivalence theory and translation shifts as well as functionalist theories will be discussed. The overview of interpreting theory starts with a survey of the early cognitive theories of interpreting and their relevance to interpreting practice in the simultaneous and consecutive modes. An introduction to the sociolinguistic approach to interpreting provides students with an understanding of the interactional management of dialogue interpreting.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Details of the assignments are provided in iLearn. All assignments are to be submitted using the Turnitin tool in iLearn.
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Late Assignment Submission
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Peer review task | 10% | No | Weeks 1 and 2 |
Problem-solving task | 40% | No | Week 7 |
Action research project | 50% | No | Week 13 |
Due: Weeks 1 and 2
Weighting: 10%
This assessment task aims to develop your self and peer-review skills that will be important throughout your study.
In Week 1 following the introductory lecture to TRAN870, write a 500 word post outlining what you think the role of theory is for student and professional translators and/or interpreters. Submit your post through Padlet.
In Week 2, you rate and comment on 2 other people's posts anonymously (the original author and both the reviewers will remain anonymous). You will also evaluate your own post. The evaluation will focus on the author's ability to critically argue their point of view. The three ratings will be combined to form your mark for this assignment.
Due: Week 7
Weighting: 40%
This assessment task aims to evaluate your application of theory to practical problems in translation. Your ability apply theory in problem solving is fundamental to the study of translation and in professional translation practice.
In this problem-solving translation task, you are required to apply a translation theory introduced in Weeks 1 - 6 of the unit to analyse a translation project comparing two versions of the translation. You will compare your own translation of a text with a professionally completed translation to identify the translation challenges specific to the task.
Your essay report will firstly outline the significant challenges in the translation, then compare the solutions proposed in the two translations and evaluate the solutions using translation theory.
Due: Week 13
Weighting: 50%
You are required to explore a problem encountered in your interpreting practice (e.g. from TRAN821) and to resolve the problem in through the application of the interpreting theories studied in Weeks 8 - 13 following an action research model. The theories will form the basis of a strategic plan for resolving your practical interpreting problems. You will observe and analyse data from the implementation of the strategies and observe the impact on your interpreting.
TRAN870 for internal students is delivered via 13 x 3 hour weekly lectorials. The iLearn site for TRAN870 is the principal source of information and delivery of resources for study in this unit.
Students are required to ensure they have access to the two textbooks for this unit:
Both texts are available for purchase from the Co-op Bookshop and also for loan in the Library. Additional readings will be provided for each week through iShare on the iLearn site.
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